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A versatile tide machine and associated activity recorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

J. M. Graham ,
R. Bowers  and
R. N. Gibson
J. M. Graham
Affiliation:
Scottish Marine Biological Association, Dunstafihage Marine Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 3, Oban, Argyll PA34 4AD
R. Bowers
Affiliation:
Scottish Marine Biological Association, Dunstafihage Marine Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 3, Oban, Argyll PA34 4AD
R. N. Gibson
Affiliation:
Scottish Marine Biological Association, Dunstafihage Marine Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 3, Oban, Argyll PA34 4AD
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The paper describes the design and use of a tide machine capable of producing near-sinusoidal hydrostatic pressure cycles varying in period from 12 to 999 min and in amplitude from 0·4 to 3·2 m. In conjunction with infra-red detection units and a microprocessor logging system the apparatus can be used to detect and record the response of a variety of organisms to cyclic pressure changes.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 67 , Issue 4 , November 1987 , pp. 709 - 716
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1987

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